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sionnach commented on the word algerining
prowling around with intent to commit burglary
January 14, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word algerining
JM was prowling around the dictionary with the intent to pinch a word and made away with 'algerining'
October 12, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word algerining
(noun) - The act of prowling about with intent to steal . . . Probably from Algerine, an inhabitant of Algiers. The greatest commerce of the Algerines consists in the merchandize which they obtain by the piratical plunder of Christians over the whole Mediterranean.
--Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
January 16, 2018